河南省南阳市六校2022-2023学年高考英语四模试卷含解析

1、2022-2023学年高考英语模拟试卷注意事项1考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回2答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置3请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符4作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效5如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The inner strength

2、 of the girl allows her _ going when she gets into trouble.Akeep Bkeeping Cto keep Dkept2Though winters in Britain are cold and there is usually snow, there are _ places for skiing.AsomeBmanyCfewDa few3The cost of living in big cities _ steadily for many years，and it has led some youths to drop out

3、of the big city race.Ais climbingBis being climbedChas been climbingDhas been climbed4The teacher often gives his students a brief pause in class _ they can take in what he has taught.AwhyBwhenCwhoDwhich5What do you do, Rita？Im a clerk in a foreign company nowBut I _ English in a high school for 10

4、yearsAteachBhave taughtCtaughtDam teaching6According to a recent study, the high school graduation rate for black men has fallen by 43 percent, while _ of black women has risen by 56 percent.AthatBwhatConeDwhich7Do you think he is the only person for the job?Im not quite sure but hell prove_ to the

5、task.AequalBessentialCspecialDsuperior8If Kate had known what was _ for her, she would not have married Tom.Ain responseBin returnCin reactionDin store9Thanks for your useful advice; otherwise I _ such rapid progress.Adidnt makeBcouldnt have madeChadnt madeDshouldnt have made10I really dont know _ s

6、he gets by on such a modest salary.Awhat BwhyChow Dthat11You can ask anyone for help. _ here is willing to lend you a hand.AEveryoneBNo oneCOneDSomeone12 Mary looks hot and dry. So _ you if you had a high fever.AcouldBwouldCmayDmust13How long do you suppose it is _ he arrived there?Awhen BbeforeCaft

7、er Dsince14-Jenny is becoming slimmer and slimmer.- It is said that she hired a fitness instructor last year and _ since.Ais working outBworked outChas been working outDhad worked out15What a mess! Youre always throwing things about.Dont be _, Mum. I will tidy it up now.Ahot under the collar Bon clo

8、ud nineCoff the top of your head Ddown in the dumps16Maybe some of you are curious about what my life was like on the streets because Ive never really talked about it _.Ain placeBin turnCin forceDin depth17一Did you forget your promise, dear?一 I have finished my homework on time, mom.AExcuse me.BSure

9、ly.CWhy not?DHow could I?18Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to _them too hard.AdrawBstrikeCrushDpush19In the Name of People, a popular TV drama, shows a deep _ on the fight against corruption.Aargument BthemeCreflection Dimpression20The old couple, _ country life, were unwillin

10、g to move to the city to live with his son.Aaccustomed toBburied inCaddicted toDexposed to第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分）In a world full of Kates and Sarahs, you might think itd be nice to have a unique name to help me stand out in a crowd.Being named Stacia (pronounced stay-

11、sha) is not so lucky to me. I11 get the occasional. “Your name is so pretty after introducing myself, but eventually my name causes me more frustration than happiness. For example, Microsoft Word always tries to tell me my name isnt a real word. I was never able to buy a cheesy Mickey Mouse keychain

12、 from Disneyland as a kid (in other words, I didnt have a childhood). I couldnt even pronounce my own name correctly until I was five.I once had a professor who pronounced my name differently each class. After a while I stopped correcting him, and thats been my reaction to strangers ever since. In o

13、ther cages, Id rather tell the cashier my name is Staci and save both of us, as well as the people standing behind me in line, valuable time.Meeting new people gives me anxiety, and Ive realized its easier just to lie about my name altogether in certain cases. Actually I didso many times that Britta

14、ny is now my chosen “going out name. It may have caused some confusion with my friends at first, who would let out a small laugh or confused look, but Ive trained them to keep a straight face whenever I came up with this fake(假的)nameNow going out on weekends means I get to have a shift of identity.F

15、rustrations aside, being the owner of a unique name has made me appreciate the little things in life. Someone pronouncing or spelling my name correctly on the first try brings me more joy than it probably should. I also love when I meet another Stacia and we get to bond over our shared struggles.To

16、any other Stacias reading thisI feel you, girl. P.S. I apologize to any real Brittanys out there. Thanks for letting me borrow your name !1、169How does the author often feel about her name?AAnnoyedBHappyCDisappointedDProud2、171Why does the author use a fake name?ATo enjoy a different identityBTo sta

17、nd out in a crowdCTo save time and troubleDTo make a fool of herself3、173Whats the reaction of her friends to “Brittany finally?AThey are laughing at herBThey are used to itCThey are strongly against herDThey are confused about it4、175How does the author sound when telling the story?AGuiltyBCautious

18、CCuriousDHumorous22（8分）At the end of the spring semester in May,students taking Georgia Techs online Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence course received some surprising news.Jill Watson,one of the nine teaching assistants (TAs) that had helped them finish the challenging course for the past five

19、 months was not a “she” but an “it”an intelligent robot!Watson is the brainchild of Ashok Goel,who teaches the popular online course.The Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science in the School of Interactive Computing came up with the idea as a way to deal with the number of questions posed by stu

20、dents in the online forums(论坛).According to Goel,every time the course is offered,the 300 or so students that enroll post over 10,000 questions.The questions are often repetitive.This led Goel to wonder if a smart robot would handle the questions which require standard responsesthings like dates whe

21、n assignments are due.Having worked with IBMs Watson technology platform in the past,the professor knew it would be ideal for his artificial TA:Jill Watson.The artificial intelligence system that uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze large amounts of data has even been cle

22、verer than human competitors on the television show.It would therefore easily be able to handle routine questions that required little “thinking”.The professor and his team of graduate students began by populating Jills memory with 40,000 questions and answers from past terms.Then came the testing s

23、tage.At first,Jill was not very good and often gave strange answers.It often got stuck on certain keywords.By the end of the semester,Jill had attained enough knowledge and skills to participate in forums without any management from Goel,or the other assistants.1、What surprised the students who take

24、 the online course?AThe course was interesting but challenging.BA teaching assistant wasnt a real person.CJill Watson is a hard-working TADThey all failed to pass their course.2、Whats the best title for the text?AA Robot of Georgia gives an online courseBAshok Goel Came up with the Idea of Jill Wats

25、onCJill WatsonOne of the Nine Teaching AssistantsDGeorgia Techs Teaching Assistant Turn Out to Be a Robot3、Why did Goel decide to invent a smart robot?AA number of students took his online course.BA smart robot is cleverer than a human being.CToo many similar questions are to be dealt with.4、What ca

26、n we infer from the text?AStudents should deal with routine questions.BJill is mainly in charge of posting surprising news.CThe TAs give students homework at a certain time.DGoel is satisfied with Jills present performance.23（8分） Picture an iceberg(冰山).Youll probably imagine something white as snow

27、rising up out of a blue sea. But icebergs can be all sorts of shades. They can be from a frosty blue to an attractive green.Researchers and sailors have observed emerald(翠绿色)icebergs for years. A large piece of ice mast-high and green as emerald even appears in Samuel Taylor Coleridges 1834 poem. Bu

28、t they havent found out exactly why these icebergs look the way they do.A new paper led by Stephen Warren was published. It all has to do with what icebergs are made out of. Icebergs break off glaciers(冰川)or ice shelves, which happens mainly around Antarctica and Greenland. They begin their lives as

29、 snowfall that accumulates over time. So. icebergs contain air pockets with the form of bubbles that spread light. With some exceptions and rare lines, glacier ice tends to look bluish white.At first，Warren guessed that the green was a product of melt carbon. And it came from rotting plants or sea a

30、nimals. But samples(样本)didnt prove it. Another idea started to take shape after they had found a high concentration of iron in a sample of sea ice from the Amery Ice Shelf.When glaciers rub across land, they produce whats known as glacier flour. It is a product of bedrock being ground clown by the m

31、oving mass. As glaciers move away, these remains are usually washed out into water. in particles sometimes too small to be noticeable to your eyes. But on land. soil and rocks contain iron oxides that often have rosy colors. like reds, yellows, and browns-and since the sea ice contained 500 times mo

32、re iron than the glacier ice, Warren wondered whether the remains were responsible for icebergs taking on a green appearance.He doesnt know for sure. Hes hoping to secure money so that he can return to the area and study the icebergs themselves.1、Why is Samuel Taylor Coleridges poem mentioned in the

33、 text?AIt tells why icebergs look the way they do.BIt describes vividly what icebergs are like.CIt says causes of the appearance of icebergs.DIt proves the existence of colorful icebergs.2、What can we know about Stephen Warrens paper?AIt draws on researchers and sailors views.BIt is the record of th

34、e movement of icebergs.CIt talks about how icebergs come into being.DIt is a collection of various social phenomena.3、What does the underlined word it in paragraph 4 refer to?AA sample of sea ice.BWarrens first guess.CWarrens idea on iron.DA product of melt carbon.4、What is paragraph 5 mainly about?

35、AThe possible reason why icebergs look green.BWhere most of icebergs eventually disappear.CHow icebergs take in the colors from glaciers.DThe way in which icebergs breaks off glaciers.24（8分）In 2013，a report from The Nero England Journal of Medicine showed that increased body weight is related to the

36、 death rate for all cancers. This is based on a study involving about 900,000 people, spanning many years.The study, started in 1992 by the American Cancer Society, included men and women from all 50 states. The youngest participants were 30 years old, and the average age was 57. By December 2008, 2

37、4% of the participants had died, just a quarter of them from cancers. In analyzing the results, researchers attempted to take account of such potential factors as smoking drinking alcohol, taking aspirin and a wide variety of other factors that might otherwise affect the results. .The results are cl

38、ear: the more you weigh, the greater your risk of dying of cancer will be (up to 52% higher for men and 62% for women). In men as well as women, the only cancers that did not have a strong connection with weight were lung cancer and-brain cancer. For women, the strongest correlation with weight was

39、uterine cancer (子宫癌), which is 6.5 times higher for women with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 40 or more. For men, it was liver cancer, which is 4.5 times higher in most obese (肥胖的) men.Smokers tend to be more successful in keeping weight off than non-smokers, slightly reducing the risk. But many of the

40、m dont have good lungs. Thus, in another way, they also face risks. As for why extra weight leads to excess cancer death rate, theres no clear agreement. But the decrease in vitamin D in obese people seems a likely factor. Vitamin D is known to have a role in preventing cancer. Also, there is a simp

41、le fact that obesity makes the management of cancer more difficult. Although for now there is no simple answer to why obesity increases a persons cancer risk, all we know for certain is that the risk is real.1、The passage is mainly concerned with the relationship between _.Adiet and cancer Bbody wei

42、ght and cancerCsex and cancer Dsmoking and cancer2、The author develops the passage mainly through _.Atime order Bspace orderCanalysis and comparison Dfigures and examples3、The underlined word “spanning” in the first paragraph probably means “_”.Alasting BincludingChappening Dchanging4、According to t

43、he passage, what can we learn about the study?AThere is a clear explanation concerning why obesity leads to more cancers.BGenerally speaking, women face fewer risks of dying of cancer than menCWomen with a BMI of 40 dying of uterine cancer are more than other women.DSmokers are still likely to face

44、risks of dying of cancer though keeping weight off.25（10分） Supermarket shoppers who buy lots of foods on two for one deals are far more likely to be obese(肥胖的) ,a major study suggests.Cancer Research UK found that those with highest consumption of discounted foods were at 50 percent greater risk of

45、obesity, compared with those with low take-up of such deals.The study of more than 16,000 households found almost one in three food and drink items in UK supermarket baskets were bought on promotion. And the discounts were far more likely to be applied to unhealthy foods, with almost half of all cho

46、colate, crisps, popcorn, and savoury snacks bought on promotion.Shoppers whose baskets contained between 40 and 80 percent of goods on special offer were 54 percent more likely to be obese than those with a maximum 20 percent of foods on such deals. Those with highest take-up of the deals bought 30

47、percent less fruit, and nearly 25 percent fewer vegetables than those shunning the deals.The study follows a government consultation on proposals to ban buy one, get one free deals on unhealthy foods and supermarket guilt lanes as part of its childhood obesity strategy.One in five children are overw

48、eight or obese when they start primary school, rising to around one in three when they leave.Research has found that obesity increases the risk of 13 different types of cancer including bowel and breast disease.Alison Cox, director of cancer prevention at Cancer Research UK, said: The government s p

49、roposed 9 p. m. ban on junk food ads is a step forward in fighting childhood obesity. Now we want to see restrictions on price promotions for unhealthy food and drink items, as well as those strategically placed at checkouts. This will help families to make healthier choices.There isnt one magic fix

50、 for the problem, but getting rid of these encouragements to buy unhealthy food is key to changing it. 1、Who are far more likely to be obese?AThose who buy food and drink items in UK supermarkets.BPeople who prefer buy one, get one free deals on unhealthy foods.CShoppers whose baskets contained a ma

51、ximum 20 percent of discounted foods.DHouseholds with low take-up of chocolate, crisps, popcorn, and savoury snacks.2、What does the underlined word shunning in Paragraph 4 mean?AClosing.BAccepting.CAvoiding.DNegotiating.3、To fight childhood obesity, the government has .Asuggested a ban on unhealthy

52、food ads at a specific period of the dayBrestricted price promotions for unhealthy food and drink itemsCofficially prevented junk food from sale after 9 p. m.Dhelped families to make healthier choices4、What might be a solution to the problem?AChanging people s attitudes towards healthy diet.BFinding

53、 out the reason why people like junk food.CRemoving what makes people buy unhealthy food.DTeaching consumers the right way of picking food.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项26（30分）In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of h

54、ome. The daughter objected to her familys 1 lifestyle and said , “I dont want your God . I am leaving !”She left home .Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 2 money. Many years passed by , her father died , her mother gre

55、w 3 , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life .No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother , having 4 her daughters whereabouts , went to the poor part of the city in 5 of her daughter . She stopped at each of the rescue missions wi

56、th a simple 6 “Would you allow me to 7 this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling , gray-haired mother with a handwritten 8 at the bottom : “I love you stillcome home !”One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 9 listening to the service, all the while letting

57、her 10 wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?She couldnt 11 until the service was over. She stood and went to look .It was her mother , and there were those words , “I love you stillcome home !” 12 she stood in front of the picture, she wep

58、t. It was too 13 to be true.It was night, but she was so 14 by the message that she started walking home 15 the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 16 her way timidly. As she knocked, the door 17 open on its own. She thought someone must have broken into the house. Conce

59、rned for her mothers 18 , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “Its me ! Its me ! Im home!”The mother couldnt believe her eyes. They fell into each others arms . The daughter said , “I was so worried and 19 someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently , “No, d

60、ear . From the day you left , that door has never been 20 ”1、AshabbyBreligiousCawfulDsimple2、AearnBwinCofferDapproach3、AlonelierBslowerCelderDolder4、Atold aboutBheard ofClearned fromDinformed of5、AsightBchargeCsearchDwant6、ArequestBremarkCquestionDspeech7、Abring upBlay offCdrop outDput up8、ArecordBa